Serena Chen

7.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
66 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Serena Chen is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Serena Chen has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Social Psychology, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Serena Chen's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (36 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (27 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (19 papers). Serena Chen is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (36 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (27 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (19 papers). Serena Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Malaysia. Serena Chen's co-authors include Susan M. Andersen, Juliana G. Breines, Annette Y. Lee-Chai, John A. Bargh, Amie M. Gordon, Tammy English, Dacher Keltner, Michael W. Kraus, Nathanael J. Fast and Helen C. Boucher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Serena Chen

65 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The relational self: An interpersonal social-cognitive theory.

2002 570 citations Susan M. Andersen, Serena Chen profile →
Relationship orientation as a moderator of the effects of social power.

2001 552 citations Serena Chen, Annette Y. Lee-Chai et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Self-Compassion Increases Self-Improvement Motivation

2012 412 citations Serena Chen et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin profile →
Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement: Universals and cultural variations in the small self.

2017 265 citations Yang Bai, Laura A. Maruskin et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Serena Chen	2.4k	2.0k	1.2k	707	598	66	4.4k
Shira Gabriel	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	573 0.5×	514 0.7×	473 0.8×	55	3.5k
William G. Graziano	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	602 1.0×	99	5.7k
Sara Konrath	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	532 0.8×	348 0.6×	81	4.5k
Bernard Rimé	3.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	469 0.8×	133	6.6k
Tyler F. Stillman	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	528 0.7×	921 1.5×	37	4.0k
Sara B. Algoe	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	755 1.1×	817 1.4×	64	5.1k
Gráinne M. Fitzsimons	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	624 0.5×	709 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	64	4.4k
Nathaniel M. Lambert	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	614 0.9×	669 1.1×	62	4.5k
Paula R. Pietromonaco	3.7k 1.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	511 0.9×	65	5.7k
Joshua A. Hicks	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	846 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	95	4.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Stancato, Daniel M., et al.. (2025). Cultural Capital Signaling and Class-Related Selection Biases in Employment and Education. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 47(4). 202–216.

Chen, Serena, et al.. (2024). RoomDreaming: Generative-AI Approach to Facilitating Iterative, Preliminary Interior Design Exploration. 1–20. 7 indexed citations

Oberlin, Lauren E., et al.. (2024). Predictors of psychosocial impairment in a transdiagnostic sample: Unique effects of repetitive negative thinking. Journal of Affective Disorders. 366. 74–82. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Serena, et al.. (2024). Daily micropractice can augment single-session interventions: A randomized controlled trial of self-compassionate touch and examining their associations with habit formation in US college students. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 175. 104498–104498. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Chi‐Ying, et al.. (2022). Cerebellar impulsivity–compulsivity assessment scale. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 10(1). 48–57. 4 indexed citations

Johnson, Sheri L., et al.. (2021). Social dominance and multiple dimensions of psychopathology: An experimental test of reactivity to leadership and subordinate roles. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0250099–e0250099. 2 indexed citations

Connor, Paul, et al.. (2020). Social Class Competence Stereotypes Are Amplified by Socially Signaled Economic Inequality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(1). 89–105. 33 indexed citations

Connor, Paul, Vasilis Sarafidis, Michael J. Zyphur, Dacher Keltner, & Serena Chen. (2019). Income Inequality and White-on-Black Racial Bias in the United States: Evidence From Project Implicit and Google Trends. Psychological Science. 30(2). 205–222. 38 indexed citations

Chen, Serena. (2019). Social power and the self. Current Opinion in Psychology. 33. 69–73. 6 indexed citations

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Bai, Yang, Laura A. Maruskin, Serena Chen, et al.. (2017). Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement: Universals and cultural variations in the small self.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 113(2). 185–209. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gordon, Amie M. & Serena Chen. (2015). Do you get where I’m coming from?: Perceived understanding buffers against the negative impact of conflict on relationship satisfaction.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 110(2). 239–260. 84 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, Helen C. Boucher, Susan M. Andersen, & S. Adil Sarıbay. (2013). Transference and the Relational Self. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Horberg, E. J. & Serena Chen. (2010). Significant others and contingencies of self-worth: Activation and consequences of relationship-specific contingencies of self-worth.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 98(1). 77–91. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, Carrie A. Langner, & Rodolfo Mendoza‐Denton. (2009). When dispositional and role power fit: Implications for self-expression and self–other congruence.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(3). 710–727. 69 indexed citations

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Mendoza‐Denton, Rodolfo, et al.. (2008). Ironic effects of explicit gender prejudice on women’s test performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 45(1). 275–278. 30 indexed citations

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English, Tammy & Serena Chen. (2007). Culture and self-concept stability: Consistency across and within contexts among Asian Americans and European Americans.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 93(3). 478–490. 171 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, Tammy English, & Kaiping Peng. (2006). Self-Verification and Contextualized Self-Views. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 32(7). 930–942. 46 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, Helen C. Boucher, & Molly Parker Tapias. (2006). The relational self revealed: Integrative conceptualization and implications for interpersonal life.. Psychological Bulletin. 132(2). 151–179. 204 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, et al.. (2004). Self-Verification Motives at the Collective Level of Self-Definition.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 86(1). 77–94. 108 indexed citations

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Chen, Serena, Annette Y. Lee-Chai, & John A. Bargh. (2001). Relationship orientation as a moderator of the effects of social power.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 80(2). 173–187. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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